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President Obama makes an impassioned plea for peace at a meeting with Sudanese leaders.

By MATT NEGRIN | 9/24/10 9:31 PM EDT
Updated: 9/25/10 6:27 PM EDT

President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea for peace in Sudan on Friday, declaring that the war-torn nation on the verge of splitting must hold a referendum scheduled for Jan. 9 “peacefully and on time.”

“It matters to the world,” Obama said at a meeting with Sudanese leaders and others at the United Nations. “The stakes are enormous.”

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Regardless of the referendum’s results, the southern Sudanese “deserve the same dignity and opportunities as anybody else,” Obama said. He also insisted that those who kill innocent civilians and aid workers “must be held accountable.”

“Genocide is not acceptable,” Obama said. “In the 21st century, rules and universal values must be upheld.”
He added, “The Sudanese people need peace. ... The world needs a just and lasting peace in Sudan.”

Activists who wished Obama had been more engaging on Sudan earlier in his presidency said they have grown more optimistic. The advocacy group Human Rights Watch embraced Obama’s demand that murderers in Sudan be held accountable.

“Political signaling is important,” said Elise Keppler, a senior counsel with the organization. “It’s good to see that the issue of justice was not overlooked.”

Advocates had been bothered by what they said was the administration’s slow pace in addressing Sudan’s human rights crisis. For instance, their relationship with the White House hit a rough patch last year when Obama’s Sudan envoy, Scott Gration, compared his approach to the Sudanese government with rewarding children: “They react to gold stars, smiley faces, handshakes, agreements, talk, engagement.”

Sudan activists have wanted the Obama administration to put more effort into the human rights crisis there “for a long time,” said Mark Lotwis, acting president of the Save Darfur campaign, who planned to meet with top White House officials at the United Nations after the meeting.

“So we are thankful and supportive that they’re doing it now,” he said. “There has been the kind of attention we had hoped to see in the beginning of last year.”

The White House has shown a “welcome but belated diplomatic surge” in addressing Sudan, David Sullivan, policy manager for the Sudan activist group Enough, said in an e-mail.

“We're hoping that this new level of leadership is not too late and can help prevent a return to war,” he said. “Hopefully, this new focus on Sudan marks a turning point, but we need to keep watching carefully to see if the right actions follow from strong words.”

Obama said in his speech that his administration “has worked for peace in Sudan,” citing work with Sudanese officials by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“But no one can impose progress and peace on another nation,” Obama said. “There’s a great deal of work that needs to be done, and it must be done quickly.”

"An impassioned plea for peace in the Sudan", Obama has actively worked to prevent the voting Rights Act from being enforced in a racially neutral manner. He is filled with contempt for U.S. equal justice under the law, because he is more interested the peoples of other nations.

$50 million to the UN to buy "truly safe" cookstoves for others. Which nation's peoples are getting the jobs, and the profits from producing these stoves? The worthless crap media hasn't let us know. Probably George Soros owns the factory. Maybe Bill Clinton has built a sweatshop stove factory in Haiti with the tens of millions he raised, and last I knew, he provided no accountability as to how it is being used. Recently I heard he built two hotels, I'm sure the Haitians will receive great benefit from that. You stupid saps who would give money to those with such a history must not care for the Haitian people.

I highly recommend the article on Obama in the Sept 27th Forbes magazine. It explains clearly why Obama is putting this country deeply into debt to pass money on to third world countries. Why he refuses to support civil rights laws when whites are the victims. Why he turned NASA into a social outreach program to the middle east. And why he hates America so much.

Who cares what the World thinks? They don't like us, never did and never will. When I was a child, they hated us, now I am an adult and they still hate us. We should stop worrying about the "World" and take care of the U.S.A.

... Two weeks ago the Harris County voter registrar took their work and the findings of his own investigation and handed them over to both the Texas secretary of state’s office and the Harris County district attorney.

Most of the findings focused on a group called Houston Votes, a voter registration group headed by Steve Caddle, who also works for the Service Employees International Union. Among the findings were that only 1,793 of the 25,000 registrations the group submitted appeared to be valid. The other registrations included one of a woman who registered six times in the same day; registrations of non-citizens; so many applications from one Houston Voters collector in one day that it was deemed to be beyond human capability; and 1,597 registrations that named the same person multiple times, often with different signatures.

This is one of numerous cases of voter fraud perpetrated by Obummer, Plouffe, Stern, Axelrod, Emanuel, ACORN, SEIU, NEW BLACK PANTHERS - and in 2011 we are going to hold hearings and prosecute them all for FELONY VOTER FRAUD and other HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS. From Obama all the way down to the goons that collected the false ballots, it will be enough to fill a Federal Prison. We'll call it the BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA FEDERAL PENITENTIARY.

We are coming for you Barry, you and all your commie goons -- STOMP, STOMP, STOMP.

What are "truly safe" stoves? Solar cookers that can be assembled from cardboard and aluminum foil! I own one, and they work great! You can make one for less than $5, so $50 million dollars must have bought enough "stoves" to supply everyone from Africa and Asia to Australia. Someone made a lot of money on this latest boondoggle! Also, is it really necessary to spend millions of our tax dollars to teach African men to wash after sex? Is there ANYONE watching how our money is being spent?

Will Obama delay the tax issue until after the election so he'll have time to make more back-room deals against us?

Some people are near sighted, others are far sighted. Obama refuses to admit ANY missteps, mistakes, or errors in anything he does. Obama's "blame the predecessor" has gotten so old that he's actually swelling the Tea Party numbers.

The only disaster was electing the Democrats to Congress in 2006. Since then, everything has gone bad. They have no problem governing against the will of the American people.

President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea for peace in Sudan on Friday, declaring that the war-torn nation on the verge of splitting must hold a referendum scheduled for Jan. 9 “peacefully and on time.”

Mr. Obama has decreed peace tells the terrorists and murderers what they must do? Well, I guess that will take care of it.

THE STIMULUS AT WORK! ??Some have said that the stimulus hasn't saved any jobs, but here is a case where at least one job was saved.

Take for instance Oregon State University Athletic Director Bob DeCarolis. Now Mr. DeCarolis was considering firing their Basketball Coach....... Craig Robinson after an 8 -11 start (2-5) in the Pac 10 conference). When word reached Washington, Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter was dispatched to Corvallis with $17 million in stimulus money for the university.??

Thankfully,Craig Robinson's job is safe for another year. Now comes the interesting part of our story.... For those of you unfamiliar with Coach Robinson, he just so happens to be the brother in law of none other than our country's beloved President, NOW YOUR CATCHING ON...... that's right he is the brother of Michelle Obama! ??

But hey, can't we all come to the conclusion that Coach Robinson's job security was all just a coincidence???I'm sure of it .... Aren't You?

Obama’s Slush Fund Helps Bother in Law Friday, April 24, 2009 Athletic budget cut update #21 - Beavers chopping east! and west? The latest budget news has Oregon State Director of Athletics Bob DeCarolis suggesting that if their recently announced fund raising efforts are not successful the Beavers may be forced to drop teams. Nonetheless, preliminary numbers suggest Oregon schools have used stimulus dollars and tax measures to make way for tens of thousands of new students this fall. Oregon state agencies, click here for prime award data After Slush fund For Oregon State University in Corvallis, where the brother-in-law of the current U.S. President coaches basketball, record enrollment has translated to longer lines and greater competition for everything from classes to parking places. OSU officials say they expect an estimated 24,000 students this year – marking another record enrollment year. Student registrations have grown gradually over the school's 142-year history. However, within the past three years the pace has increased dramatically. This comes as OSU spends its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars, including $252 million in federal research grants and contracts earned in 2009. The school's website reports the $252-million amount is "more than that received by all other Oregon public universities combined." Some of the funding for expansion also came from state stimulus dollars. These funds were approved for "capital construction" projects as part of Oregon Senate Bill 338. For example, OregonLive.com reported that $500,000 in state stimulus money paid for part of a $3.7 million renovation of OSU's Gill Coliseum, where the Beavers play basketball. The Gazette-Times reports OSU's anticipated 9.2 percent jump from fall 2009's record of 21,969 students would put OSU on track for the school president's envisioned enrollment of 30,000 to 35,000 students by 2025. Cybercorrespondent http://youtu.be/8qHmXMMCrlI

Obama’s Slush Fund Helps Bother in Law Friday, April 24, 2009 Athletic budget cut update #21 - Beavers chopping east! and west? The latest budget news has Oregon State Director of Athletics Bob DeCarolis suggesting that if their recently announced fund raising efforts are not successful the Beavers may be forced to drop teams. Nonetheless, preliminary numbers suggest Oregon schools have used stimulus dollars and tax measures to make way for tens of thousands of new students this fall. Oregon state agencies, click here for prime award data After Slush fund For Oregon State University in Corvallis, where the brother-in-law of the current U.S. President coaches basketball, record enrollment has translated to longer lines and greater competition for everything from classes to parking places. OSU officials say they expect an estimated 24,000 students this year – marking another record enrollment year. Student registrations have grown gradually over the school's 142-year history. However, within the past three years the pace has increased dramatically. This comes as OSU spends its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars, including $252 million in federal research grants and contracts earned in 2009. The school's website reports the $252-million amount is "more than that received by all other Oregon public universities combined." Some of the funding for expansion also came from state stimulus dollars. These funds were approved for "capital construction" projects as part of Oregon Senate Bill 338. For example, OregonLive.com reported that $500,000 in state stimulus money paid for part of a $3.7 million renovation of OSU's Gill Coliseum, where the Beavers play basketball. The Gazette-Times reports OSU's anticipated 9.2 percent jump from fall 2009's record of 21,969 students would put OSU on track for the school president's envisioned enrollment of 30,000 to 35,000 students by 2025. Cybercorrespondent http://youtu.be/8qHmXMMCrlI